A person who leads a life of faith without properly praying is like a tree that falls in the rainy season. Again, they are like trees, which wither from a lack of water, so their spirit shrivels up. Even if this happens to your spirit, your body does not know it. Realize poignantly why you must pray. Prayer is a conversation with Me.
If you pray, I, the Holy Son, will be with you, inspire you, give you realizations, help you handle the work easily, and support you so that you will be able to do it wisely, powerfully, and meaningfully. You must pray in order to become the body of Me, who does not have a body, and in order for you to become My hands and feet and do My work as My body.
Also, only when you pray will the Devil, our enemy, be kept from disrupting [you], and after hearing your prayers, I, the Holy Son, will send armed messengers and heavenly soldiers to eliminate satans and human satans, and I will judge their wicked deeds.
When you pray, pray earnestly to Me, the Holy Son. Also, do not pray as the Gentiles do. Do not make a request repeating the same thing meaninglessly, but ask Me only for what is absolutely necessary. Before you start praying, confess to Me [your] sins and the things that nag at your conscience, and receive forgiveness. Then as a sinless person, make requests to Me, the Holy Son.
While praying, pay attention to the direction in which your [prayer] is flowing. Keep your mind and thoughts keen and lively. Everyone, sincerely ask of My Father in My name, the Holy Son, while telling [Him] your own stories. If [your prayer] is worthy, [He] will definitely grant you your requests. There will be times when you will not know even when you have received what you have prayed for, so pray. Then you will realize what you have received.
I desire prayers of tears. I desire truthful prayers. I know very well what each of you should confess before My Father and Me. Make that confession. First, ask and confess about yourself. Afterward, pray for your family, for your nation, for the world.
Pray at set times. You may pray from time to time, but be sure to pray at night and at predawn and also during the daytime. In this way, pray three times a day at set times.
Designate certain times and pray, even if you only pray briefly. For the rest of the day, pray from time to time while working. You must not skip the hours of prayer and do something else during prayer time. Just as you make sure to eat during meal times, just as you make sure to go to the restroom when you need to, just as you make sure to wash when you should wash, and just as you would make certain to wear clothes when you should be clothed.
I am telling you to [pray] at [ the set] times. If your circumstance really does not allow you to pray, you can pray in your heart. The [prayer] time is an hour when you connect with Me.
If you do not pray when you are supposed to pray, how much more will Satan control you as he pleases? It is the same as not watching the house during the hours when a thief will [try to] break in. How easy would it be for the thief to steal [in that situation]?
Now is a time when you must pray. I have received all your earnest prayers that you have offered until now. I will grant [your requests] when the right time comes, and I have already granted the things for which the proper time has already arrived. Let us pray consistently. Will you stop after praying once or twice? Will you stop after praying for one or two months? If you stop building a house midway, will you be able to live in it? If you stop eating without finishing your meal, wouldn’t your body eventually become weak?
Pray in the way that [a farmer] farms. You should pray consistently, just as a farmer sows seeds, cares for them, fertilizes them and works hard with dedication for a long period of time until he harvests. When I tell you to pray, you do pray but you stop after praying a little. Please pray a lot, pray consistently, and pray until it is fulfilled. Do not give up. Pray believing and knowing that I will carry it out for you.
I, the Holy Son, also wish for you to prosper. Therefore, when you pray, I surely grant [your requests]. If you pray, I grant [your requests] after three days, seven days, twenty one days, or a month. For some things, I grant it after forty days, seventy days, 210 days, ten months, three and a half years, seven years, ten years, twenty years, or thirty years. Therefore, pray consistently about the things you need to ask for. If you do not pray, I will not grant even what is predestined or what I have thought of doing for you.
Pray, but do not pray out of greed. It will come true only if you pray for My will. Since you will earn what you pray for, Satan blocks you from praying so that you will not be able to receive it. Satans do that because they are spirits of envy and jealousy. Some among you ask, “I love you, Lord, so why don’t you just give it to me? Why do you give only when I struggle through prayer?” Listen to Me. I give only if you pray. This is an absolute law of God the Almighty and Me, the Holy Son. You can receive something only after prayer. Only then will you know that it is I, the Holy Son, that give it to you.
And only then will Satan be unable to invade and take it away from you. Do you finish your prayer quickly, saying that you have nothing to pray about? If you meet a fellow brother [or sister], you converse easily for one or two hours. But do you really have nothing to talk about with Me, the Holy Son, who saved you, and with My omnipotent Father? When you are set on fire with love, there are so many things to talk about. You will stay up all night.
Then you will continue to go deeper into prayer, where you will sense the future and where you will be reminded of more things to pray about. Now that you know why you should pray, let’s do it as you have made up your mind before Me, the Holy Son. After giving you the Word, I will be visiting each one of you. I will see if you are praying or if you are dozing during prayer. I will see what you are doing during your prayer times. There are people who watch TV and internet [videos] a lot and invest a lot of time in their personal matters but are stingy in praying. Value the hours of prayer. I hope that you will work hard while you surely pray.